The servers are indeed wiped and the servers running now are the new once. We understand that losing your progress isn't fun so we provide to everyone the save files from the servers. If you like to receive the save files you can send a message to this email address: [email protected]

With the save files you can start your own server or load the savefiles locally. Importing the files locally will allow you to continue the game on your local computer. You can find some information about how to import the files here: http://arkservermanager.freeforums.net/thread/594/import-local

Please do keep in mind that The Island server was using 18 GB memory, which means you will need at least that + enough memory for the game itself to run it on your computer.